My 24th Midsummer in Berlin is so Swedish in berlin.
雖然說我在柏林，不過我其實是在一間瑞典的工作室！！看看我的鍵盤～我才剛習慣法國Ａ與Ｑ相反的鍵盤，現在我用著的卻是有的瑞典可愛文字的鍵盤。也因為這樣可以難得的可以認識到瑞典的文化。舉例來說這週對他們來說是非常重要的仲夏，甚至有兩位同事還因此回去瑞典 。本週對我來說是滿滿的懶洋洋氣氛！不過還是很充實～
Although I am working in Berlin, actually I am in a Swedish studio!! Look at my keyboard~ I just got used to the France keyboard which has swap A and Q; however, now I am using the Swedish keyboard which has these cute letters. Because of this, I know more about Swedish culture. For example, the Midsummer, a weekend is very important for them. Two colleagues even went back to Sweden. So this week is a little bit chill for me! Hey, doesn’t mean I was fully on vacation, I still learned a lot.
吃午餐Lunch time
可能很多人關心我到底在工作室吃些什麼，別擔心，有看我的臉就知道我真的吃得很好。身為美食之國的台灣來的實習生（！？，我在星期二心血來潮準備了一餐，分別是炒泡麵，煎素餃，三杯杏苞姑，涼拌豆乾還有拔絲地瓜（全是素食）。不過我有一點數量上錯估，所以有點不夠大家吃ＸＤ隔天則是同事們煮了“瑞典風格的墨西哥玉米餅“ 不過我自己是搞不清楚哪裡瑞典哪裡是墨西哥，但是對我來說就是好好吃的食物ＸＤ
As a Taiwanese who always care about food. (!?Perhaps many people curious about what I eat in the studio. I will say I eat too good here.(Look at my face then you will know.) I prepared the Taiwanese lunch the on Tuesday for my colleagues. I cooked some fried instant noodles, fried dumplings, fried Oyster mushroom and garlic with soy sauce, Dry tofu, and sweet potato with caramel (All Vegan! ) But I didn’t prepare enough ingredient, so it’s not enough for five people XD. Still is a nice exchange culture experience. The next day, the colleagues cooked the “Swedish-style Mexican tacos.”I’m not sure which part is Swedish, but they are super delicious!XD
一起工作的感覺 Work Together
就像我的第一個禮拜文章所呈現的，工作室的環境非常美好。偶爾起煮飯吃飯。我們每週一也都會有晨會，除了談週末發生什麼事，也會一起看看本週的工作進度。工作室最主要想成像的就是讓大家可以更舒適的工作，讓大家感覺的大家是一起向前的。不過我必須說，在這間的工作室的第二個禮拜，我還是在尋找工作步調。我花了比平常還要久的時間在適應，想了想覺得是因為工作模式跟以往非常不一樣。
The environment of the studio is very good. I feel I am in a great team. We have a routine meeting every Monday. Not only talking about what happens during the weekend, we will also overview the progress of every project. Maxwell said: One of the main goals is to create their atmosphere at work that helps people to do better, feel comfortable at work and above all feel like a strong part of the team.
以往接觸的工作模式多是垂直的分工，像是有了企劃之後，再交給設計師設計，最後再交給動畫師，然後會有業務與客戶溝通。不過在我們工作室，每個人都有獨立工作的能力。所以每個人都可能是動畫或是設計。特別的是每個人都有輪到可能跟客戶聯絡，我好奇問了不是固定一人在跟客戶聯絡不會不太好嗎？他的答案讓我很深刻，他說『每個人都應該要有與客戶溝通的能力，畢竟這也是設計師最主要的工作之一』，不僅讓我覺得醍醐灌頂，也讓我覺得這應該會是動態設計的產業趨勢。
However, I have to say, though this has been my second week in this studio, I was still looking for order and my position. I spent more time than before to adapt. I will say is because the workflow is pretty different from Taiwan. In the past, I worked in a vertical way. Account, designer and animator, we followed the order. But in our studio, everyone has the ability to work independently. So everyone can be animator or designer, even contacting the client. I am so curious if this is okay with the result. Marcus answer made me very profound. He said, “Everyone should have the ability to communicate with the client. After all, Communication is one of the most important skills of the designer.” Can’t agree more.
TOA
本週對我來說印象很深的還有一件事，就是我們工作室去參加了在柏林盛大舉行的一場研討會，其實我一開始蠻抗拒的，大該是之前參加過的研討會印象都不是很好。後來經歷一些混亂我也還是到了現場。不過這次去可以說是讓我收穫滿滿。聽了好多場很棒的演講。但是更讓我開眼界的則是同是透過交談跟在場的一些企業聊天建立關係，藉此也獲得一些工作上的機會。(然後還有尋找免費的啤酒（這個會寫在另一篇當中）
We also participated in the TOA conference. In fact, I was very reluctant about this at first. Well, after listened to some great speeches. I became really enjoy this event. Culture, Feminist, Future…these topic are really interesting. (I will write one more blog about these) But what made me most impressive was that we looking for a free beer so hard we get some cases through building the conversations with people.
小結
就這樣我在德國度過了我人生的第二十四個仲夏，跟著台灣的好友一起在柏林過了一個瑞典夏日派對。一個句子裡出現三個國家，就是我對柏林的感覺。星期六在參加同事的派對上，跟著來自世界各國的人聊著各自的文化。讓我覺得柏林是個神奇的城市。因為偶爾在地鐵上，大家都是講著英文。有時看著地鐵上人們，想著大家都帶著他們各自的夢想與來到這個城市展開新的旅程，就會讓我比較不想台灣了呢～
Et oui, I spent my twenty-fourth Midsummer in Germany and went to a Swedish summer party in Berlin with my Taiwanese friends. It’s really amazing. Berlin is such an international city. Sometimes when I am in the metro, nobody speaks German. And I watch the people on the train and thinking that all of them carry they own dreams and come to this foreign city to start a new journey. Just like me, then I feel not that lonely.
